Real Audiencia Quito

Viajar de Domingo nao é em geral uma boa alternativa para longos recorridos, pois v. pode precisar de mecanicos . Resumindo, houve um outro pequeno milagre. Ao reabastecer após uns 200 km, a moto comecou a engasgar, até parar, por coincidencia em um operativo policial que estava parando alguns carros. Havia um caminhao parado ali até aquele momento. Desci da moto, que já nao andava em definitivo, e conversei com os guardas, perguntando de mecanico. Me disseram que havia um perto de um ´pueblo...

Com a passagem na mao que dizia para estar as 3 horas antes do embarque ( o voo saía por volta das 7 da manha), fui um dos primeiros a chegar no Aeroporto e entrar na fila. Antes de mim estava no entanto Jorge, um Ecuatoriano que ia ao Peru buscar um carro para sua colecao. Conversamos, ele e muito interessado no Brasil e nas possibilidades de negócio lá e ficamos amigos. Assim que ele desceu em Lima e prossegui para Sao Paulo, pronto para iniciar uma ´licenca´ da viagem que duraria um mes e ...

o chegar ao Aeroporto, estava Jorge me esperando. Havíamos nos correspondido e ficamos amigos. Gentilmente ele me levou a sua casa para almocarmos e conheci sua esposa, Isabel, igualmente gentil. Comemos uma deliciosa comida típica Ecuatoriana. Ao chegar ao Hotel, tomei um pequeño/grande susto. Perguntei na portaria se estava tudo bem, e como estava minha moto. A mulher na recepcao me repetia : ´tus cosas estan aquí, su moto fue retirada hace una semana´. Eu perguntei : foi roubada ¿ como pod...

We know we've only been here for a day but as we have free wi-fi where we're staying we thought we'd take advantage and do a quick blog. We also need to see if this thing works properly! We arrived shattered last night after a days flying and went straight to bed. We've had a good first day exploring Quito today and we've managed to book a 5 day tour to the Galapagos on Thursday - very exciting! So expect a more interesting blog and hopefully much better photos when we get back from there!

This morning, we both awoke feeling a little nauseous. We think it´s probably from dinner last night, seeing as we ate at the same restaurant. We toughened up though and caught an 8:45 am bus to Quito. It took about 3.5 hours and cost $3.50. Bus prices really are a dollar an hour here - without fail! Since we were both feeling pretty sick, we couldn´t really read on the bus, and basically sat around and moped and looked out the window. We even got to pass by our fave town - Ambato - on the w...

We woke up this morning bright and early to take advantage of our hotel´s free breakfast. After that it was time to get back to the Embassy. This time we were prepared and brought our own snacks and reading materials. Susan wasn´t even allowed in this time though, because apparently American citizens can only enter on Fridays for emergency situations. This did not make her happy - why the heck does she pay taxes if she can´t even enter her own Embassy?! Jen´s emergency passport application w...

It´s been a long, strange, and awes trip, but we know that it´s time to come home. Included below are reasons why we know that it´s time, as well as awards and thank-yous! Reasons we know it´s time to come home: -Jen is sick of chicken and fries, and Susan is craving vegetables. I know, what? -We don´t ever even think about flushing toilet paper down the toilet. (The toilets here can´t handle it, so you throw it in the garbage instead.) -We don´t think it´s weird to keep a roll of toilet pap...